Cowbridge History Society

To advance the education of the general public by promoting the study of the history of Cowbridge and district by publication of books and material, a programme of lectures and preservation of documents

In the charity's own words, from the register.

In Wales

• Vale of Glamorgan

Area of benefit in its governing document: Not Defined.

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 5 April 2026, it had income of £3,156 and spent £2,899.

Figures as the charity reported them to the Charity Commission. Staff and volunteer numbers are only asked of charities with income over £10,000. A year with no row was not reported.

Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.

Income over time

Up 181%, from £1,123 in the year to 5 April 2022 to £3,156 in the year to 5 April 2026.

Spending against income

It spent 92% of its income in the year to 5 April 2026. It spent less than its income in each of the 5 years shown.

From the annual returns the charity filed with the Charity Commission. The largest funder comes from its accounts, read by AI.

No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.

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6 trustees run the charity.

• Deborah Clare FisherChair
• Beverly Margaret TonkinAppointed 9 February 2014
• Christopher Ben TurnerAppointed 11 November 2022
• Kishli Alexandra LaisterAppointed 21 July 2026
• Richard John BuswellAppointed 10 February 2014
• Valerie Ealaine MonaghanAppointed 21 July 2026

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 4 arrived by the deadline.

Charities with income over £10,000 send an annual return within 10 months of their year end, and those over £25,000 also send their accounts. Smaller charities only update their income and spending on the register. The dates are when the Commission received each document.

Charity number

1094061

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

7 October 2002

Governing document

CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 16/04/2002AS AMENDED ON 10/07/2013 as amended on 03 May 2024

Website

www.cowbridgehistorysociety.orgAs the charity gave it on the register.

Council area of its contact address

Vale of Glamorgan

• Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
• Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there, as loaded by OpenEconomy.

• This charity on the Charity Commission register
• 360Giving open grants data
• This charity on OpenEconomy

• OpenCouncil: Vale of Glamorgan Council's meetings and decisions
• OpenEconomy: Vale of Glamorgan's economy in figures
• OpenSenedd: the Members of the Senedd for Pen-y-bont Bro Morgannwg
• OpenSenedd: the Members of the Senedd for Caerdydd Penarth